Seining apparatus.



A? YANCEY.

SEINING APPARATUS. y APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1905. BENEWED AUG.5,1908.

Patented Apr. zo, 15909:

' .'nNrrEj-srarns 'EATEN 'r @FENCE ARTHURYANcE'nor DERMo'rT, ARKANsAs.'

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' specincaion ernst-Leen; Pat/ne.

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j Application filed .Tune 19,;1905, Serial No." 266 ,1. RenewedtA-ugust6,- 1908'. Serial Ndjui Be it known thatfI,- An'rnUR YnNciiY, .a citizenofthe United States, residing at'DerF m'ott, inthe countyof Chicot and-State of f 'jArkans'asf have 'invented f certain new and .usefulImprovements in fSeining Apparatus;-

'and Ido hereby declarethe following to be a .ulliI clear, and exactdescription of 'the in` bringing .together the' lead lines 'of Aa seinewhile being hauled an'd'landed, also broadly 2e andspecically suchclosing means associated with' power" actuated mechanism forhaulingand'landing the seine while being closed,

In 'the present applicationfthe .object 'of the invention to provideasuit'able support I 25fj carrying mechanism constructedy and operatingto mechanically haul a seine andto land and bunt the web thereof whilebeing hauled, vand' in this connection it might be said that the termhunting 1s commonly used by 304 iisliermen to refer tothe setting-of theseine for" 're-casting 'Without intervenin adjust-` mentafterit hasbeenhauled `and anded. Other-objects and advantages will appear fron'ithefollowing description, and the particular features of noveltywill bepointed.

. out in the claims, and while the invention is notrest'ricted vto'thespecific details illust ated and described, for the purposesof dis# osure reference is had in the accompanying rawin'gs, showing apracticaljembodirnentof the invention, and while-the constructionillustrated is preferable in many respects, I

- am' aware that other forms of the 'apparatus "thanthat illustratedcanalso be employed" 'for 'accomplishing the hunting of the seine, 'Forinstance one or more 'floats may be employed provided with'the form ofhauli ing winch shawn in my application, No. 243,089, iil'ed January 28,1905,- and the seine simply piled on deck as it is hauled andA landed.

In illustrating the invention', however, I.;

' i have shown a support-comprising detachably connected 'i'ioatsorg-boats, each float carrying 55 vI'n'echanism capable o' operating in'reversed directions et movement, so that Whemthe4 floats are connectedand the seine. set, said mechanism. maybe o erated to haul 'andsymmetrically land or unt'the webs ofthe'4 seine, and when the floatsare detached they e0- Amay be propelled' in different directions and thehauledseine re-castfby the reverse`direc- "tionof movement of thehauling mechanism.'

Referring to the' accompanying draW-' mgsi-Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of Vimprovements with thefseine in its set osition and parts beingbroken .away 'for c' earness of`illstration,' and Fig-. 2 is afragmentary'detail view of a modified nieans'forcon necting -the haulingmechanism with-the -7'0v driving owen; Y

1 an 2 are' complementary detachable members forming afloating suport,"pref-' erably the form of self-prope ed 'boats and. each of which ispreferably providedd'if?" l after referred to.`V Each of .theboats isprovided With mechanism operative in reversed directionsof movement'andadapted in. one:q, direction of Amovement to symmetrically. landt'he webof .a seine and in the reverse `direction of movement to pay outsaidweb.. In the drawings, this mechanismv is ilhistrated'as coinprisin aseine reel 3 rotatably journaled on suitab e supports 4 and one of 85the fiangedfheads of the reel being preferably grodved to eceive anoperating cable. Adjacent the lseine spool-and extending longitudinallythereof is an elongated guiding 4roller 5. 'This roller may bejournaledfin 9G any suitable way, but in the drawm sier the purpose ofillustration I have Simp shown supports provided with inwardly directedintles 'disposed within recesses 7 formed 1x1 the end of the. roller. 95

8 designates a frame of gang-way construction, pivotally suspended as bythe cross arm 8, to one of the boats adjacent its guid- -ing roller. Oneof the dependin arms 9of this frame co" .crates with a para lel arm 9,190

also connecte VWith'the cross arm 8?, to pivotally suspend a' sled blockhereinafter referred to. Atopposite ends of .the 'arms' 9 and 9a' aresecured the auxiliary arms l1O*'l0a to forni 'another frame, referred to105 as the barrier frame, adapted to have a 'netting'll carried.therebyand extending lon itudinally to the rear of the space between t e arms 9and 9 from substantially the bottoni of the frame to the surface of thewater.

Y Suitable closing mechanism is employed' -for bringing-"together thelead lines ofthe 'Seine while being hauled, 4and in the drawings I haveillustrated a sled block 12 piv- Totally suspended 4as shown by thelower ends of the-A arms 9--9. Suitably jour- .naledon thesled block maybe 4arranged four rollers -journaled on'axes laterally of said-sledblock so asto form sets of rollers 1o with oneroller of eachsetdisposedvabove' the other roller of its set when 'the sled block,

, ils-disposed in operative position. jix-In'the drawings, 13 designatesthe lower pair.V off rollers and 14' the upperpair of roll- 15 ers4journaled-- in the vertically movable iiienib'erl hingedv as at 16 tothe' sled block, any suitable lockin'gineans being provided for holdingsaid hinge member interloclred to said sled. block.

17 designates a cable at one end connected .to the sled block andreevingthrough a pul-V ley 18 on a .boom 19 carried bythe mast 20supported on one-of the boats, the object beingtoele'vatethe closingmeans from the bed of .the water.

`. 21 designatesanysuitable ineans`for de- `tachably securingthe boatsagainst i-.iove-.

ment'relatively to each other.

22 designates the engines and 23 the propller'shaftrsfofthe boats, thelatter carrys tr-,lioti` illustrated-5 in Fig.' 2"' wherein 28desig'nat'la flievel ear wheel on the pro- 415 peller'shaft 23,".{s`a'igea, \vheel being so lie fedjas'mltobiree to .nieve longitudinallythereof b ut aloclre'd -a`gajnst independent .rotar.1noveii'ient,`amloperxiigive" longitudinally ol'. y the propeller .5o shaft by-!Vsuitalile lever ii'iechanisiii 2 9.

Associated .with 'the 1gear whee groovedliead-otth to have thepable 27passedtherearouiid, the slack el' the cable beingtalgenfupbwa smtablylocatedislack p i A andfin .d ifnatf. ie fe 's'aif thaseine, B the porklin creo andfC tlielead lines;

It will lie-see being set-in the position Tshown in the drawingswithithe 'bij ts secured together, upon ystarting#the:engines andthrowing in either thus prevent the escape direction and 25 .designatesasilitably supported pulley said bevelvgear 2S being? .,28'is abevel,hauling in earwheel 30 disposed at riglitaiigles tos'aidl- -L,gearf"wheel and, mounted en the stud shaftz 3l. fea.r ry ing4 at its`lother mend'r a cable operatiomthlt the seine or both of the clutches(dependent upon whetherbne or 'both webs. of the seine. are

to belhauled the cable 27 will rotate the seine reels inwardly and windup thereon the web ol the seine, one web ol' the seine being` wound onthe seine reel carried by the b'oat and the other web being wound up onthe seine reel. carried by the other boator floating member. 2, and thecork'hnes 4being disposed at the lead lines at the inner end.' At thesame the outer end of the seine reel with time, while the webs of theseine are being wound up, the' closing means carried by the sled blocting 11, the barrier netting being adapted Vto close the-spacebetween-the arms 9, 9Il and of the iish through this opening.Contrariwise when the boats are detached and the cable drums thrown outoi' gear with the propeller shafts, it is apparent that the. boats mayhe headed in 12 bring together the lead lines of the seine and lead themupwardly to the sur- 'face Vof the water in 'front of the barrier netanydirection? and their forward propulsion will allow the webs of the seineto befrapidly paid out. Thus it isobvious that the wings of the seinemay-be irst set in any desired 'afterbeing paid out foi` instance -by'steering the boats in opposite'directions of substantially the saine(circle, la

.greatarea maybe covered bythe time that the boats are brought togetherandfthe seine ie-set for hauling.

' Having thus'described the 'invention what I claim is:

1. In seining apparatus, the combination of a support and means oierativeinone direction to haul and land the Wings of a seine. and inareverse direction of inoyeinent'to recast saaie.y l

2. In 'seining apparatus, the combination with a support, of a revolublemember cai',- ried thereby and cooperating with a seine to haul vandwind thereon the 'web of said seine,

whereby the webof said seine is mechanically adjusted for re-casting.

3. In seining apparatus, the combination with a support composed of apair of detachable floating members, carried by`one of said floatingmembers for and landing the web ot' a seine said-detachable iloatingmembers upon pro- :pulsion cooperating with said hauling mechan'isintoTassilt in paying out Athe web oisaid ,4g :Inl seiningaappaeatus, thecombination with iL-support, l'o' a pair of coasting reels ad- 1'acently mounted on said support and adapted 'to receive .and wind'upthereon the web of a seine, and means for operating said reels 5. Inseming apparatus,.the combination of mechanism with a support, of a pairof ievolubly mountv ed r(cofacting reels adjacently mounted on saidsupport and adapted to receive and Wind 'up thereon'the web of a seinein .one

direction of rotation and to pay out the web of the seine in the reversedirection of rotation, and means for operating said reels.

6. In seining apparatus, the combinationl with a su port composed ofdetachable floating mem ers, of mechanism carried by said floatingmembers for hauling in and landing the wings of a seine, said detachablefloatingr members upon propulsion cooperating with `saidhauling-mechanism to assist in paying tion of rot-ation and releasethernto freely rfitate in the opposite direction.

8. In seining apparatus, the eombinat'ion with a support conq'iosed ofa-pair of floating members and means for securing the saine againstindependent movement, aseine reel independent y mounted on each of saidmenibers, adapted toreeeive and wind up thereon la wing of a seine,closing means depending from one of sa.id'ine.-nbers, adapted to engagethe lead linesof the seine, and Vmeans eooperati-ng/to rotate sald reelsin one direction, of rotation and release them to freelyv rotate in the.opposite direction.

9. In seining apparatus,- the combination with a support, of a pair ofseine reels mounted thereon and adapted to receive the wings ol' theseine, elongated guiding rollerslongitudinally disposed adjacent saidseine'reelg and means for operating said ree-ls.

10. -In seining apparatus, the combination with a support leon'rprisinga air of detach-- ably connected floating mein eis, of Ameans carriedbyrsaid members for symmetrically landing the wings of a seine, meansfor bringing together-,the lead lines of the seine for closing the wingsthereof while beinglanded, i

and means for closing the spa-ee, between the lead lines, extendingfromtheiwat-er bed to the aforesaid support. j 5

11. In seiningapparatus, the combination with asupport, ,comprising apair of detach'- ably connected floating members, of means oarri'ed bysaid meinberslforfsynnnetrica@ landing the wings ol' a seine, olosin,rmeans for the. wings of the seinesuspended froui one of said iiloatin'gmembers iind projecting substantially between said members, and abarrier extending from said closing means to said support adjacent thepath oi travel of the lead lines of the seine.

l2. In seining apparatus, the combination with a floating support andineans for hauling and sjfnnnetrieally landing the wings of a seinethereon, of piroted depending means ol' gang-wa): construction, carriedby said sup- )'ort, and closing mechanism secured to the lower end ofsaid depending nieans l'or bringing together the lead lines ol' theseinewhile 'being hauled.-

13. ln seining' apparatus, means ior leading together the lead line-soll a seine l'or closingthe wings thereof while being hauled,

eoinpi'i'sing a plurality of' pairs oi' horixontal closing rollersandone' roller oieach pain being disposed above the i:the1"rolier oi'the pair when arranged-in operatire position.

14.- In seininr apparatus. theeoizebii-ialion with a support and meanslor hauling and landing a seine thereon. ol' i 'earns associated withsaid supportior bringn together `the `lead iines oi' the seine fori'li'ising: the wings .hereo'll while' being hauled, Acomprising a'plurality oi"v pairs oi' closing. rollers rotating on horizontal axesand one roller of each pairV being disposed above the other roller olthe )air when arranred in oierative n'isition.

In testimony whereof, I aliix inysignature in presen-ee ol' twowitnesses.

-le 'll lfl' YJ. Xlli Y.

Witnesses.

tnas. L. S'raNisLai's, L'. L. l'onoxix.

